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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

“‘There’s no indication it will succeed’: Legal analysts weigh in on Trump team’s election challenges.” Dugan Arnett and Travis Andersen of The Boston Globe have this report.

Posted at 9:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Supreme Court that still backs Obamacare won’t endorse Trump’s cockamamie coup”: Columnist Dana Milbank has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Latest Obamacare Case Is Too Crazy for Brett Kavanaugh; During Tuesday’s oral arguments, the new median justice seemed reluctant to dismantle the landmark health care law”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

Posted at 9:41 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Misjudgment on ObamaCare; Texas and Trump run into a skeptical majority at the High Court”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 9:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Philly isn’t why Biden won Pennsylvania. And Pennsylvania probably isn’t why Biden won the White House.” Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Posted at 7:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Key Justices Signal Support for Affordable Care Act; At a Supreme Court argument Tuesday, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kavanaugh suggested that striking down one provision would not doom the balance of the law”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

David G. Savage and Noam N. Levey of The Los Angeles Times report that “Supreme Court justices appear ready to uphold Obamacare.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Two Conservative Supreme Court Justices Question GOP States’ Case Against ACA; Roberts, Kavanaugh express skepticism that entire law must fall now that penalty for lack of insurance is zero.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court appears unlikely to topple Affordable Care Act in latest challenge by Republicans.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court unlikely to kill Obamacare.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “High court seems likely to leave to health care law in place.”

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court justices appear unlikely to strike down Obamacare.”

Greg Stohr, Lydia Wheeler, and Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg News report that “Kavanaugh, Roberts Signal Inclination to Keep Obamacare Alive.”

Susannah Luthi of Politico reports that “Supreme Court appears wary of striking down Obamacare; Two conservative justices, John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh, seemed to believe the law could survive its latest legal challenge largely unscathed.”

Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “Supreme Court appears poised to uphold most of Obamacare; Roberts, Kavanaugh could be key to health care law decision.”

Jonathan Cohn of HuffPost reports that “Obamacare Lawsuit Gets Skeptical Reception At The Supreme Court; With insurance for 21 million Americans at stake, Justices Roberts and Kavanaugh hint they think GOP arguments are weak.”

And John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Key conservative justices express openness to preserving ObamaCare’s protections.”

Posted at 1:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump Loves to Use the Pardon Power. Is He Next? There is little to be done right now about the president’s self-serving ways, but Congress can limit future abuses.” Law professor Jack Goldsmith has this essay online at The New York Times.

Posted at 9:08 AM by Howard Bashman



“Do Trump’s legal challenges have any chance of changing Pa.’s election results? A look at the suits he hopes can do it.” Jeremy Roebuck has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Posted at 9:06 AM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court hears latest GOP bid to strike down Obamacare”: David G. Savage and Noam N. Levey of The Los Angeles Times have this report.

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “GOP tries again to get high court to ax health care law.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Fate of Obamacare law rests with U.S. Supreme Court once again.”

Greg Stohr and Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg News report that “Obamacare Stakes Rise at Supreme Court as Election Dooms Easy Fix.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “Will Supreme Court Invalidate Obamacare A Decade After It Was Enacted?

In commentary, online at The New York Times, law professor Abbe R. Gluck has an essay titled “Obamacare Is Back in Court. The Stakes Couldn’t Be Higher. This time, the issue is democracy, and the Supreme Court’s duty to leave political decisions to the elected branches of government.”

Online at The Atlantic, law professor Nicholas Bagley has an essay titled “The Fallout of a SCOTUS Health-Care Decision Could Be Quick, Devastating, and Irreversible; Millions of Americans could lose their insurance — and neither Joe Biden nor the states will be in a good position to do much about it.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Jonathan H. Adler has a post titled “On the Eve of Argument in California v. Texas; Some things to listen for when the Supreme Court hears oral argument in the latest Affordable Care Act case,” while Josh Blackman has a post titled “Reflecting on a Decade of ACA Litigation.”

Posted at 9:03 AM by Howard Bashman